DS Program Structure

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

NO	KNOWLEDGE SEGMENTATIONS	CREDITS
1	General Knowledge	41
2	Industry Foundation	43
3	Specialized Knowledge	46
4	Internship & Graduation Thesis	20
	Total	50

Year 1: Students get to be equipped with English skills for specific purpose and necessary soft skills, preparing for the following years.
Year 2: Students learn the foundational courses and core techniques of the industry.
Year 3: Students are immersed in specialized knowledge courses with experts from businesses such as LogiGear, NovaHub, Gameloft, CodeGym, etc. Then they will participate in a 6-month internship at companies to gain a better understanding of the industry and apply their knowledge to real-world situations.
Year 4: Students return to study deeply in specialized subjects according to their wanted career path, as well as apply all the knowledge they have learned at school and at enterprises to complete their graduation thesis.

CURRICULUM

First year

• Academic English 1, 2, 3
• Communication skills
• Academic skills
• Applied Informatics
• English for Information technology
• Global culture
• Personal development planning
• Introduction to programming and computers
• Probabilities and statistics

Second year

• Object-oriented programming
• Information system analysis and data design
• Java programming
• Data challenge 1, 2
• Big data analytics
• Linear algebra
• 1-2 elective modules for Industry Foundation

Third year

• Introduction to Artificial intelligence
• Data challenge 3
• Predictive function
• Modeling techniques
• 1-2 elective modules for Industry Foundation
• Internship

Final year

• 4-5 elective modules for Specialized Knowledge
• Graduation thesis

In addition to the above modules, students also take other compulsory courses as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training:

Marxist-Leninist philosophy
Marxist-Leninist political economy
Scientific socialism
Ho Chi Minh’s ideology
History of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Physical education
Defense Education